Within myself is a world beyond the grasp of reality. The laws of life and the common world have no hold there, in the place without a name.
I try to grab something, anything, but the moment I feel close enough it slips away and transforms again. It is no longer what it was and will never be the same again. It has returned to the state of almost-being.
The nameless world is border-less, constantly changing shape whenever the edge seems to be near. It shifts and morphs, its almost-colours obscuring a secret that will never be uncovered.
Words have no meaning there. The moment they are formed the world steals them away to be bound and combined with the rest of the almost-ideas. There is an immense potential for something in these almosts. A potential to go beyond what has ever been created before. As always in this place of mystery, the almosts never become solid enough to be used.
There is an ethereal air, fragile and powerful, delicate and all-knowing. It covers the space and follows the ever-changing absence of reality. The feeling seems to suggest something lurking in the non-existent corners of the unknown world. That something seems neither good nor evil, but promises a chaos that will upset the rules of this lawless land.
If I spend too long in the place without reality then I will lose my grip on all I have ever known. The chaos will eventually come and I will be there to feel it, but for now I return to the accepted world.
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Thursday, September 22, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
The World of Song
It is far from silent. The chatter of the happy lunch-goers is everywhere, filling every space. But, here the sound is muffles. Through one door, then another the world is not cut off, but it is softened. The harshness has turned to a comforting hum to keep out the silence.
Here, I can hear my thoughts. However, I did not come here to think. I came to sing. I plunk a note on the piano. It is out of tune, but I don't mind. It is enough to remind me why I feel so at peace in this room. I am alone with my music. I am able to sing as loudly as I want, and put all my emotions into the music.
Songs of every type fill my head. I hear ballads and rock, top-of-the charts pop and ancient folk music. They swirl around in my mind creating a beautiful symphony that will never be able to be heard in reality. With these beautiful sounds in my mind, I feel as though I can reach the highest star. The physical world is thrown away when music takes over and my thoughts become all that is real to me.
I sing in French today. The words I sing are unknown to me, but the meaning of them can be felt through the way the notes lift and fall on the page before me. I can feel beauty that the song is written about, though neither English nor French would ever be able to accurately describe it in words. Some things can only be accomplished in music.
My duet partner joins me after a short while. The world I created with my music falls apart for an instant. I don't feel as though I left anything behind though, as we are about to create another world with our song together. This world will be even better, as it will also have harmonies.
Here, I can hear my thoughts. However, I did not come here to think. I came to sing. I plunk a note on the piano. It is out of tune, but I don't mind. It is enough to remind me why I feel so at peace in this room. I am alone with my music. I am able to sing as loudly as I want, and put all my emotions into the music.
Songs of every type fill my head. I hear ballads and rock, top-of-the charts pop and ancient folk music. They swirl around in my mind creating a beautiful symphony that will never be able to be heard in reality. With these beautiful sounds in my mind, I feel as though I can reach the highest star. The physical world is thrown away when music takes over and my thoughts become all that is real to me.
I sing in French today. The words I sing are unknown to me, but the meaning of them can be felt through the way the notes lift and fall on the page before me. I can feel beauty that the song is written about, though neither English nor French would ever be able to accurately describe it in words. Some things can only be accomplished in music.
My duet partner joins me after a short while. The world I created with my music falls apart for an instant. I don't feel as though I left anything behind though, as we are about to create another world with our song together. This world will be even better, as it will also have harmonies.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Electricity
Today I realized how dependent on electricity our society really is. I had known that our world requires it, but never had I realized just how far the extent our dependence is.
This realization came about during a power outage in our area. At the time the power shut off, it was sunset and many of the lights of the neighborhood were just turning on. My family quickly realized that unless we did our work by candlelight, progress had to be halted for the day. Our solution to the problem: go to sleep and set our cell phone alarms the time the electricity was estimated to come back on.
It was then I realized that our society simply stops functioning with the lack of power. Our factories shut down, our heat and air-conditioning shut down, and some people's lives shut down without the life support that electricity provides. Some people cannot even entertain themselves without a computer, television, or video game device. We send ourselves into our own off-mode of sleep. My own mother grew up with almost no electricity, but somehow she too became dependent on it.
Though electricity provides an almost infinite number of positive possibilities in the world, I feel that we should take note on just how dependent we are.
This realization came about during a power outage in our area. At the time the power shut off, it was sunset and many of the lights of the neighborhood were just turning on. My family quickly realized that unless we did our work by candlelight, progress had to be halted for the day. Our solution to the problem: go to sleep and set our cell phone alarms the time the electricity was estimated to come back on.
It was then I realized that our society simply stops functioning with the lack of power. Our factories shut down, our heat and air-conditioning shut down, and some people's lives shut down without the life support that electricity provides. Some people cannot even entertain themselves without a computer, television, or video game device. We send ourselves into our own off-mode of sleep. My own mother grew up with almost no electricity, but somehow she too became dependent on it.
Though electricity provides an almost infinite number of positive possibilities in the world, I feel that we should take note on just how dependent we are.
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